WELL · 42-497-32752 · DISTRICT 9
Tarrant County Waterboard Unit 4 #2
Wise County · Cap Yates (Consolidated Congl.) field · Vertical
Tarrant County Waterboard Unit 4 #2 (API 42-497-32752) is a plugged well in Wise County, plugged March 25, 2008, last operated by Merit Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 4, 1984, permitted to 5,950 ft.
It was permitted by Enserch Exploration, Inc and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Caddo, Atoka.
Its lease has reported 13K barrels of oil and 408K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in February 2009. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Enserch Exploration, Inc; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 7, 2025
- Permits on file
- 1,049
- Phone
- (972) 701-8377
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Mar 2006 |
| Latest permit | Enserch Exploration, IncApr 4, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,950
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 4, 1984
- last permit issued
- May 22, 1984
- completed
- 13K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 408K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2009
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 22, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 25, 2008
Surface location
No coordinates on the permit record yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; historical master-file permits never carry one.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026
Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrant County Waterboard Unit 4 O-13-24305 | Cap Yates (Consolidated Congl.) | Merit Energy Company | 3 | 13K | 408K | Jan 1993 – Feb 2009 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1EP Operating Limited PartnershipJan 1993 → Feb 1995
- 2Enserch Exploration, IncMar 1995 → Dec 1997
- 3Merit Energy CompanyJan 1998 → Oct 2005
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 234461-99 | Drill | Enserch Exploration, Inc | Mar 29, 1984 | Apr 4, 1984 | — | 5,950 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1984 | Tarrant County Waterboard Unit 4 O-13-24305 | Cap Yates (Consolidated Congl.) | Merit Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 981 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,284 | 5,393 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 307 | 12.25 | 221 sx |
| 5.5 | 5,886 | 7.875 | 317 sx |
Completion filings
W-2 and G-1 reports on record in the RRC wellbore file, newest first. The suffix identifies the wellbore or completion event. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jun 11, 1984 | May 23, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Jun 1, 1984 | May 23, 1984 | — |
The source documents
Petrora holds the structured record. The scanned filings live at the RRC; these links open its search already filled in for this API.
- Wellbore filings for 42-497-32752 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-497-32752 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.
About this data
Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wellbore and operator of record from the EWA schedule, weekly; completions, formation tops, casing, and perforations from the dbf900 wellbore file; production from PDQ lease reports, which lag two to three months; injection from UIC permits, H-10 reports, and TexNet daily volumes; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog.
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